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RSS Weekly Digest – #4

Here are my news picks for the week…

Sorry for them being late but i had a busy start of week.

Sunday, April 26th, 2009

The story of the PlayStation
SlingPlayer for iPhone getting closer to release?
Apple may hear Verizon now
Google makes their own Digg, lets users pop stories
Will Oracle kill MySQL? Who cares?
Skype Cuts Prices On SkypeOut Service
Qualcomm, Broadcom reach $891 million settlement
Essential Tips to Get the Best from iTunes
Virus begins to attack PCs
First Android Netbook will cost $250?
Flip Video Ultra HD makes its unofficial debut, gets unboxed
Apple loses patent suit, will have to pay $19M
NVIDIA’s GT300 specs outed — is this the cGPU we’ve been waiting for?
FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats
Windows 7 – Gold – As Early as July?
Download Wall-E for just $62,000 Now!
Billionth iPhone App is a Freebie!
Review – Twitter Desktop Clients for Mac, Dual Review
Chalk Drawing Depicts Epic Browser War (With A Touch of Conan) [Browser War]

Saturday, April 25th, 2009yep

Steve Jobs On The Value Of Stock Options
German book publishers want Rapidshare blocked
Former AOL Exec Mike Jones To Become No. 2 At MySpace
Video: Recording analog audio to a floppy disk
New Snow Leopard beta build includes screen recording capabilities, a certain je ne sais quoi
Windows 7 reveals XP mode AKA the IT guy’s wet dream
21 Eye Catchy Collection Of Free Textures
Samsung plays catch-up with 32GB P3
Why AT&T Wants To Keep the iPhone Away From Verizon
Windows 7 Release Candidate 1′s Best Surprise New Features
Conficker virus begins to attack computers
Somniloquy external networking card lets PCS “sleep talk” essential connectivity functions
Microsoft training video reveals older prototype of Windows 7 “superbar”
Bugs Aside – Ubuntu 9.04 Is Pretty Slick

Friday, April 24th, 2009

It’s official: Windows 7 Release candidate available for download May 5th
No, This Dancing Building’s Bricks Are Not Falling Like Tetris [Art]
Hollywood attacks RealDVD in court
Model 2+ production seen as “unlikely,” says OQO exec
Coming Soon: Windows XP Mode and Windows Virtual PC
Analysis: App Store now $1 million a day business, cloud mobile apps the next big thing
Windows 7 RC build 7100 leaked
Windows 7 Release Candidate Update
Microsoft axes Live Search Product Upload
Apple Loses Patent Lawsuit from Opti Inc on “Predictive Snooping”
Internet Explorer 8 Security
Irish reject e-voting, go back to paper
Microsoft Surface First-Run Experience
Geocities to close after 15 years of aesthetic “awesomeness”
Android-Based G1 Phone Sells One Million Units
News: Bump is billionth app downloaded, 13-year-old wins prizes

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Apple Questioned Again About a Mac Netbook
Jaunty Jackalope hops onto scene with GNOME 2.26, new features
Consuming the Contents of Windows 7 Libraries
iPhone OS devices continue to dominate mobile traffic

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

iSuppli: Kindle 2 costs twice as much to buy as it does to make
Apple iPhone & iPod Touch sales pass 37 million
Steve Riley on Windows 7 Security
Apple with “No Plans” to Change AT&T iPhone Exclusivity and Other Notes
Pixelpipe adds drag-and-drop uploading to Firefox
Make your own solid state drive with a CF card
Second Life gives users ability to filter Mature, X-rated content
Apple WWDC rumors: MacBook speed bumps, pro application upgrades (but where’s the netbook?)
Congress wants new probe into P2P file-sharing snafus
The EagleTec USB Nano flash drive: it doesn’t get much smaller
Panasonic makes school runs more cinematic with its in-dash Blu-ray player
OLPC waves goodbye to AMD for new XO laptop, adopts VIA chip
Face recognition comes to Flickr
MacBooks, MacBook Pros, and Pro Apps to See Updates at WWDC?

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

iTunes Price Hikes Hurt Some Track Rankings
Amazon Video on Demand goes high definition
Apple preparing to release new Snow Leopard beta build
From Mingebag To Gmod Activist
DiggBar Changes Live Today
Why Time Capsule Is Doomed to Suck
Rumor smash: Windows 7 will keep 6.1 versioning
Sony Pictures is on YouTube, Hulu, but not Joost anymore
Nvidia gives developers OpenCL driver and SDK support
Bluetooth “high speed” technology becomes official with 3.0 spec
GamePark Wiz app store coming this summer
VMware’s Cloud OS Is Compelling, But Closed
Google joins effort for 3D Web standard with new plugin, API
Windows 7 Starter Edition Only Runs 3 Applications at Once
End to End Trust and Windows 7
The iPhone app that ran the Boston Marathon
Xbox 360 ‘Game Of The Year’ bundle ships in May
A Peek Inside Windows 8: Coming in 2011 [Windows 8]
LEGO Rock Band officially announced, coming just in time for the holidays
Study: Illegal music downloaders buy 10 times as much legal music as non-illegal downloaders
Google links students, projects in Summer of Code
Windows 7 could change our perception of PCs
More Details of iPhone OS 3.0 ‘Voice Control’ Emerge
Gmail can now suggest recipients for you
AT&T plans to double its 3G network capacity
Google serves up brace of slightly skewed search tools
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone. What’s the deal?
Video: Sharp’s Mebius LCD trackpad
Fujitsu’s 10.1-inch LOOX M netbook looks good, positively average
OLED displays coming to half of all mobile phones in the next five years

Monday, April 20th, 2009

PSP firmware updated to v5.50
The ESA are fans of Pirate Bay decision
Jonathan DiCarlo: Do We Still Need Bookmarks?
Apple Launches Movie Downloads in German iTunes Store
Windows 7 security enhancements
Blu-ray in every home? Backers aim for $99 players
Windows 7 Starter Won’t Open Any Doors for Android or Linux
ISP Download Caps Not Dead, But Ought to Be
Windows 7 Security: Helping Enable the Mobile Workforce
Google tweaks Chrome with new tabs management features
Windows 7: A New Approach to Securing Today’s Enterprise
Skype coming to the DSi?
$400 Xbox 360 Elite Games of the Year bundle with Halo 3 and Fable 2 gets official
Tweetie for Mac now available
MSI intros the touchscreen Wind Top all-in-one US mod
Adobe brings Flash to the TV screen
Atempo Digital Archive Adds Full Mac OS X Support
The Pirate Bay loads cannon with official appeal
Play Garry’s Mod before you die!
Windows 7 Starter Edition headed for a netbook near you
Engadget’s take on the new mophie Juice Pack Air
Toshiba 10-inch Dynabook UX’s got talent
More Apple Netbook Rumors Pinpoint Foxconn as Manufacturer
Next Generation iPhone to Support HD Video and Apple TV-Like Behavior?
Oracle reels in Sun Microsystems with $7.4bn buy

RSS Digest – #23 – Another late day edition..

Here are the links for: Tuesday, January 20th 2009…

“Shining” phone steals a little Agora magic
“Solve a problem with Windows 7 beta” actually works?
10 Free DNS and IP Lookup Tools – or DNSstuff.com Alternatives
13 Free Web Apps To Simplify The Designer’s Work life
9 Ways Twitter Can Help in the Real World
AMD Cuts Prices in Response to Intel Pricing Drops
Analysts: iPhone Outselling Android Nearly 6-to-1
Apple Hit with Permissions Law Suit
Apple stops requiring serial numbers for boxed iWork ’09
Belkingate – as new evidence turns up, the company keeps mum
CBS’s ‘Worst Week’ Mistakes iPod for iPhone, Sends Nerdier Viewers into Convulsions [Goofs]
Converting video with GPU acceleration tested
Desktop integrated graphics shoot-out
Don’t fall for the next generation of Phishers!
Google expands and disbands
Google Gdrive Is The Real Deal?
Got $200? Then buy a matte screen for your 15-inch MacBook Pro!
Ha ha ha… Psystar
Hardwood and Leather MacBook Case Is Maybe Not So Practical [Laptops]
How the Downandup Worm works
How to Find the Best Computer Mouse
How to Get Tons of Mac Software for Free: MacHeist
Intel cuts quad-core chip prices by 40 percent
LG shows off plasma TV with one billion-to-one contrast ratio
Logitech is in financial trouble, mass layoffs imminent
New OS X research warns of stealthier Mac attacks
Phoenix Technologies HyperSpace instant-on OS coming to ASUS
Plantronics laying off 18% of employees, now!
Polaroid fans want their instant film
Retromodo: A Modern Day Unboxing of a 1984 Atari Touch Tablet [Retromodo]
RIM opens the BlackBerry Application storefront, says it’s going to shake up “Music 2.0″RIM opens the BlackBerry Application storefront, says it’s going to shake up “Music 2.0″
Sega America Lays Off Staff
Sony’s VAIO P spotted for sale in Hong Kong, price tag spotted too
Swedish file sharers’ privacy in jeopardy
Video demo: Eee PC Touch UI
Video: Cooler Master replaces car starter with PSU, it works
Video: OQO model 2+ MID gets unboxed, previewed
What’s New in Windows 7: The Taskbar!
Whose notebook is it anyway?
Wiimote and skateboard hacked into a controller, Gator not impressed
Windows 7 – A View From Across The Sea
Windows 7 install roundup
Windows Mobile 6.5 reportedly will include MobileMe competitor (that works)
WTF? Has Firefox been failing for you under OS X?

RSS Digest – #10 – Back to more normal

Here are the links for: Wednesday, January 7th 2009…

Windows 7 Pubilic Beta Becomes True, Gonna Try It?
Wendy’s is giving out free stuff like Xboxes, cars, laptops and HDTVs
Wear your video camera
Twitter: 2009 is the year it gets big, and gets integrated
Toshiba showing off 56-inch Cell-based 4k x 2k HDTV, prototype MIDs
TiVo updates their search functionality, calls it Search
The nerdiest SuperSpeed USB 3.0 details yet
The amazing vanishing Mac desktop machine
Sony shows off GPS packing 1080p camcorders
Sony gets official with VAIO P: world’s lightest 8-inch netbook
SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone demoed on video, coming in Q1
SanDisk releases 2GB Rock Band 2 SD card for all your downloadable content
Samsung has the world’s first Blu-ray home theater sound bar
Samsung announces the MBP200 pico projector
Retrospect, portable storage headline Iomega booth
Redfly pushes back, offers PC functionality and something else that is mysterious
REDFLY goes Android.. sort of
Palm’s new website devoid of dedicated PDAs
OQO officially launches Gobi / OLED-equipped model 2+, we get hands-on
NVIDIA offers up GeForce 3D Vision, takes WoW players further
Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition taken out behind the woodshed, shot
New SDXC storage card has up to 2 TB storage
Netgear announces another set-top box
Microsoft Tag: Microsoft’s own 2D barcode
Microsoft Starting Windows 7 Upgrade Program on July 1st [Microsoft]
Logic Wireless’ Logic Bolt makes luminous appearance at CES
Linksys announces Wireless Home Audio System, another wireless audio toy for rich people
LG’s GD910 007-Approved Watch Phone To Start Production This Year [Ces 2009]
LaCie Releases 2big Quadra External Hard Drive Line
JVC finally brings its Blu-ray products to America
iWork ’09 Includes iWork.com, Costs $79 + Subscription

How Many Mac Users Use Microsoft Office?
Hardware that supports iPhoto ’09′s geotagging
Federal Trade Commission To Scrutinize DRM
Eye-Fi SD Cards Offering Direct to YouTube Uploading [Ces 2009]
Eviant introduces 4.3-, 7- and 19-inch digital televisions at CES
EMTEC’s sub-$400 10-inch Gdium netbook gets specced
EMC Issues Beta of Retrospect 8.0 Backup Software
EGM magazine is no more, 1UP staff slashed
Digital guru Clay Shirky’s media forecast and predictions for 2009
BUG Labs throws down five new BUGmodules, including pico-projector and 3G radio
Asus reveals 512 GB SSD, keyboard computer and other prototypes at CES
ASUS looking into Android for Eee Phone and Eee PC
Apple wants 30 cents per song to upgrade your iTunes library
Another year, another round of Olympus cameras, one of which has
And now the PS3 gets its own Resident Evil 5 bundle
Acer adds DisplayLink multimedia dock to 22-inch P224W monitor
Accell introduces their USB 2.0 to VGA Adapter at CES
32-Bit Vs. 64-Bit Windows
21 Free Apps For Mac OS X That Are Absolutely Useful

RSS Digest – #2 – The late edition

Sorry this one is late… I was kinda tied up by a newly aquired Apple IIc (shown in previous post). Here is the list of links for Dec 30, 2008.

Dell plans a greener and cheaper approach to computer packaging
Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09
PlayStation 3 used to hack SSL, Xbox used to play Boogie Bunnies
Firefox to let users turn web apps into desktop apps
The 11 Stupidest Moments in Tech for 2008
Netbooks and the future of ultraportables
Intel Releases Q9000 Mobile Quad-Core Processor
AMD lays off 600, which is 100 more than expected
OQO bringing Atom-powered Model 2+ UMPC to CES
D+Caf Detects If You’re Drinking Real Coffee Instead of Decaf [Coffee]
Lugaru shows why game devs should support OS X and Linux
BD+ defeated again by SlySoft
Biggest Tech Stories Of The Year 2008
Case makers plan for arrival of iPhone nano
ZDNET takes Windows 7 beta 1 for a spin
Dave Bottoms: Understanding the other 80%
Windows 7 beta tested, photo’d, deemed ‘massive improvement’ over Vista
How to Run Windows 7 and Your Old OS on the Same Computer [Windows 7]
Intel Launches Low Cost Quad-Core Mobile Processor and New Core 2 Duos
16 Retro Computer Ads Make You Appreciate Your Modern Gear [Retromodo]
Is the Desktop Dead?
Universal Broadband: The Begging Begins
Android-Powered OpenMoko Freerunner Spotted [Android]
More details on ‘super long’ battery life Wind U11
Magnetic / detachable lenses suddenly make cellphone cameras fun
BenQ ‘JoyBook’ joins the netbook party
RunCore’s 1.8-inch netbook SSDs now shipping, 2.5-inch 256GB edition coming soon
Wireless USB / USB 3.0 exhibitors to be out in full force at CES
LG to Show Off 480Hz Trumotion Display at CES [Televisions]
Microsoft Proposes Obnoxiously Restrictive Pay-As-You-Go Computing System [Microsoft]